Lucknow West assembly seat, which had been stronghold of the Bharatiya Janata Party for long before Congress won it in a bye-poll in 2009, is all set to witness keen contest among BJP, SP, BSP and Congress. In the 2014 Lok Sabha general elections, Lucknow West assembly segment had given a lead of 35424 votes to Rajnath Singh, the current Union Home Minister, over his nearest Congress rival Rita Bahuguna Joshi.